The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (the Eye and Ear)

The Eye and Ear is Australia’s first specialist eye, ear, nose and throat hospital and is internationally recognized as a leader in clinical service delivery, teaching and research.

It leads in innovative treatments fro vision and hearing loss, including the next generation Bionic Ear and the ongoing development of the Bionic Eye.

The hospital delivers more than half of Victoria’s public eye surgery, coordinates all of Victoria’s public cochlear implants and provides a statewide specialist tertiary and emergency eye and ear health care service.

It works in partnership with the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA), The University of Melbourne, the Bionics Institute, Bionic Vision Australia and HEARing CRC.